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Want something different for Christmas? Well, the RSC is doing its Scrooge bit by bringing a play with an unalterably unhappy ending to the Albery, London WC2 (until Jan 8, 0870 4000805). Peter Gill’s revival of Romeo and Juliet didn’t pick up uniformly good reviews when it opened in Stratford last summer, but it had its romantic moments and, thanks to the central pairing of Matthew Rhys and Sian Brooke, below, its touching ones, too.

The Folklore company is presenting Quest — The Legend of the Green Knight in a heated tent on Clapham Common, London. If you know the